Billion in Australia top of broadband pops second year running

Billion today announces that BILLION brand is named as Australia's most popular modem brand for the second year running in the 2007 Australian Broadband Survey, held by tech-savvy site Whirlpool.

According to the survey, Billion devices were used by 23.7 per cent of the nearly 18,000 people* who responded to the online survey, which was conducted over four weeks from December 31, 2007, to February 1, 2008.

Whereas last year, Billion was a narrow winner in the Broadband Survey hardware category, this year's result made it a clear winne r- with nearly twice the penetration of the second*placed brand, D-Link, which was used by just 12.2 per cent of survey respondents.

Six Billion broadband modems were included among the 19 devices listed by the Australian Broadband Survey, which is published at http://whirlpool.net.au/survey/2007/.

Billion's Australian distributor is following up the Broadband Survey success with a Billion roadshow in Melbourne and Sydney for resellers, service providers and system integrators. The Billion roadshow will showcase current and new modems as well as up-coming releases. Qualified resellers, system integrators and service providers are welcome to attend these eveningevents at:
• Melbourne (March 19) at the Bayview on the Park Hotel in the CBD.
• Sydney (March 26) at the Crowne Plaza Parramatta.
To register online for the Billion roadshow in Australia,visit http://www.billion.com.au/roadshow.php

* The Australian Broadband Survey was successfully completed and verified a total of 17,881 times.

About Billion

Billion Electric Co. Ltd. (Taiex: 3027), based in Taiwan, was founded in 1973. It is one of the leading providers of network equipment and power supply products in the Asia Pacific rim. Since its Communication Division was established in 1992, Billion has reinforced its investment in developing next generation network equipment and Internet access devices for home users, telecommuters, and SME users. Billion has been accorded a number of honors for its networking products and has acquired a considerable customer base across Europe, America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific markets. For more information, please visit www.billion.com.

For media contact: press@billion.com; marketing@billion.com

For product reviews, please contact Billion’s authorized local distributors.

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